Blown Seed

David Toulmin

Events since 2020 have reminded many of us of the pleasure of reading and the value of books. As well as the novels on our list, such as David Toulmin's Blown Seed, there are also plenty of very readable nonfiction books. In these worrying times, a dose of humour seldom goes amiss, and the many books by James A. Simpson are crammed full of funny stories as well as thoughtful paragraphs. His more recent books include At Our Age, with its insights into ageing, and Uncommon Sense. Or perhaps readers prefer to be taken to Orkney with George Mackay Brown in books such as Letters from Hamnavoe. Very readable books dealing with different kinds of history are St Andrews' Untold Stories, by Leonard Low, and Crème de la Crème, by Alasdair Roberts.

The dishes and drinks in Recipes from the Orkney Islands were originally collected in the 1970s and many people contributed to the book. It include all sorts of recipes - some traditional, some more modern; some complicated, some very simple; and some specially created for the book. As Eileen Wolfe said in her introduction, the aim was to give priority to

'original recipes with a distinctive Orkney flavour'.

Recipes from the Orkney Islands

Edited by Eileen Wolfe

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At Our Age

James A. Simpson

Founded in 2001, Steve Savage Publishers started with the acquisition of the list of Gordon Wright Publishing Ltd, of Edinburgh. Our list includes books on Scottish history, literature, languages and folklore, as well as humorous titles, and new and classic writing from Scotland and elsewhere.